Wednesday, 16th October ABNA - Biobanking: Shaping the Future Together

9:00AM - 10:30AM
Wednesday, 16th October
Ballroom 3

Workshop 1A – Pathology Services and statewide health providers collaboration and integration to establish effective partnerships

 

9:00AM - 10:30AM
Wednesday, 16th October
Mosely 1-3

Workshop 1B – Environmental based Biobanking: Preserving Australia's Future

10:30AM - 11:00AM
Wednesday, 16th October
Ballroom 1-2
11:00AM - 11:25AM
Wednesday, 16th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chair: Georget Reaiche-Miller

Welcome to Country will be conducted by Robert Taylor.

 

About Robert:

I come from four language groups, Kaurna from the Adelaide Plains, Narungga from Your Peninsula, Nganguraku from River Murray and Ngarrindjeri from lower River Murray and Coorong region.

For many years I have been learning, living and sharing my culture, locally, nationally and internationally. I've been playing the didgeridoo since the age of 8 and been learning and sharing cultural dance since the age of 11,

My goal is to walk in the foot steps of our ancestors and appreciate country and all it has to offer through both spiritual and physical connection, we carry and share our knowledge to inspire future generations to walk in our footsteps and look after country and educate the community about our culture.

12:15PM - 1:00PM
Wednesday, 16th October
Ballroom 1-2
1:00PM - 1:50PM
Wednesday, 16th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chairs: Georget Reaiche-Miller & Louise Ludlow

- Quality Management and Improvement

- Post-Mortem Tissue Collection

- Clinical Trials and Population Cohort Biobanking

- Biobanking for Biodiversity

- The Launch of a new SIG!

1:50PM - 3:00PM
Wednesday, 16th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chair: Louise Ludlow

"Thinking Outside the Square"

 

 

3:00PM - 4:00PM
Wednesday, 16th October
Ballroom 1-2
3:15PM - 3:55PM
Wednesday, 16th October
Mosely 1-3
Chairs: Beth Caruana & Samantha Higgins

Have a burning quality question? Or is there one operational area that is tricky above all others?

Then now is your chance to Ask Us Anything in this interactive SIG session!

 

Discussion Agenda

  1. Welcome
  2. Networking & “Ask Us Anything”
  3. Biobanking Storage Working Group – update and input on our developing Storage resources
  4. SIG 2025 goals – your chance to shape the future of our growing Q&I SIG

3:15PM - 3:55PM
Wednesday, 16th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chairs: Cassandra Griffin & Louise Ludlow

Join the Quality Management and Improvement or Post-mortem tissue collection Special Interest groups to learn more about their goals and mission

 

2024 Round Table Intention

Our 2024 round table is designed to address the core of our mission statement – to consolidate learnings and best practice in post-mortem banking. Our hope is that by working through a number of key considerations and challenges faced by those working in a post-mortem setting we can identify key strategies and best practices that can be disseminated in a position paper for the wider community.

We welcome the expertise of Laura Forrest as a guest facilitator and contributor for this session and welcome her vast experience from the CASCADE program.

Discussion Agenda

 

1. Welcome and Introductions

2. Key challenges in Post-Mortem Biobanking

       A. What does the ideal patient look like? How do you identify them and who should approach them?

       B. When is it right to approach a patient?

       C. When do you involve clinicians?

       D. What are some of the concerns you’ve heard from clinicians framing their reluctance to request consent?

       E. If the NOK’s stance isn’t aligned with the donor (either for or against) how could we navigate this?

       F. In a paediatric situation – what are the additional considerations? How do we hold these conversations with younger donors?

      G. Summary and confirmation of contributors going forward

3, Identification of appropriate means for dissemination – ABNA Website? Publication?

4. Ongoing role of SIG and future directions

5. Other business

6. Round table close

4:00PM - 5:20PM
Wednesday, 16th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chair: Anusha Hettiaratchi

"Pikorua" (pe-co-rru-ah) meaning a journey of life, love friendship, loyalty, eternity, joining of two peoples/cultures